What does νῖκος (nîkos) mean in the Bible?
νῖκος (nîkos): Victory as final triumph over death and evil, emphasizing completion rather than mere conquest.
Greek · G3534
νῖκος
Victory
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νῖκος G3534
Pronunciation nîkos
What does νῖκος (nîkos) mean in the Bible?
νῖκος (nîkos): Victory as final triumph over death and evil, emphasizing completion rather than mere conquest.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3534?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include victory (4).
Where does νῖκος (nîkos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 12:20. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (3), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It victory 4× Matthew 12:20, 1 Corinthians 15:54, 1 Corinthians 15:55, 1 Corinthians 15:57
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 12:20
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 1 Corinthians 3
Source forms
νῖκος 4x nikos Matthew 12:20, 1 Corinthians 15:54, 1 Corinthians 15:55, 1 Corinthians 15:57
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 3x Matthew 12:20, 1 Corinthians 15:54, 1 Corinthians 15:57
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 15:55
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Victory as final triumph over death and evil, emphasizing completion rather than mere conquest.
Strong's G3534
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Corinthians 15:54 Source Gloss
victory
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 12:20 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
νῖκος nikov
victory
Read verse 1 Corinthians 15:54 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
νῖκος. nikov
victory
Read verse 1 Corinthians 15:55 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
νῖκος; nikov
victory
Read verse 1 Corinthians 15:57 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
νῖκος nikov
victory
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter 1 Cor 15:55 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 12:20 · 1 Cor 15:54 · 1 Cor 15:57 3×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Death is swallowed up in eschatological victory, quoting Isaiah 25:8
Rhetorical question taunting death and Hades, where is your victory
God gives believers victory over death through Jesus Christ our Lord
Jesus will bring justice to triumph, citing Isaiah 42:3 for messianic triumph
Word Origins
νῖκος is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain